Perform at Inauguration
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Many cynics will tell you that the key to politics is learning how to spin
a good euphemism—and though Donald Trump
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to grasp that art, he has, indeed, filled his orbit with a small collection
of people who have mastered it. Case in point? Presidential Inauguration
Committee Chair Tom Barrack Jr., who on Wednesday night deployed some
fascinating verbiage to explain why Trump supporter Kanye West had not been
asked to perform at the president-elect’s swearing-in.
One of the dominating narratives about Trump’s inaugurations is just how
difficult
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it
has been for his staff to line up A-list acts for the event. One would
think, then, that the inauguration committee would jump at the chance to
have a star of West’s caliber perform. Ever since Yeezy visited
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Trump
Tower in December, people have been wondering if he might lend his star
power to his friend of a “long time
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Barrack has batted down
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question before—but on Wednesday night, he addressed it again, using a
choice of words that was misguided at best:
We haven’t asked him. I mean, he’s been great. He considers himself a
friend of the president-elect, but it’s not the venue. The venue we have
for entertainment is filled out; it’s perfect. It’s going to be typically
and traditionally American. Kanye’s a great guy; we just haven’t asked him
to perform. We move on with our agenda.